What does spinet mean?
Spinet means (music) A short, compact harpsichord or piano..
Spinet
/ˈspɪn.ɪt/ · noun
Meaning
(music) A short, compact harpsichord or piano..
Definitions by Sense
- (music) A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
- (obsolete) A spinney.
Example Sentences
He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
The invention was to have a Satyr lodged in a little spinet, by which her majesty and the prince were to come
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Word Forms
- spinets
- spinnet
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He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
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